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Volume 9, Issue 45
Democrats dominate general election 2017 Marshall wins judge seat; Hahn looks to improve Cantorna the next DA T&G relations as mayor By G. KERRY WEBSTER
editor@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — Democrat Brian Marshall has won a seat as a judge in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas. Marshall won 13,823 votes, more than 2,000 more than Republican candidate Ronald McGlaughlin, who received 11,704 votes. Marshall is originally from Clearfield and received his bachelor’s degree in accounting BRIAN MARSHALL from Penn State and worked in Maryland for several years before returning to school, earning a law degree from Penn State Dickinson School of Law. He has been a practicing attorney for more than 15 years, and was employed the majority of the time with the law firm of Miller, Kistler & Campbell, where he is a
shareholder and partner. He has practiced civil and criminal law and most recently focused on family law. He is currently the president of the Centre County Bar Association and is a certified divorce financial analyst and a trained mediator. He will replace Judge Thomas King Kistler, who has spent the last 20 years as a judge in Centre County. He joins Pamela Ruest, Jonathan Grine and Katherine Oliver on the bench. Ruest, Centre County’s president judge, won retention for a second term with 17,229 voting “yes” to retain compared to 4,385 voting “no.” Ruest was the first female judge elected in Centre County in 2007. Bernard Cantorna will take Results are unofficial
until verified.
Marshall, Page 5
By G. KERRY WEBSTER editor@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — In one of the more heated battles in the 2017 general election, local Democratic attorney Donald Hahn captured almost 54 percent of the votes to defeat Republican challenger Michael Black, a small business owner, and independent write-in candidate Ron Madrid, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Hahn, 54, grabbed 2,374 INSIDE of the votes to County election Black’s 1,464 roundup, page 3 (33.19 percent) McClain wins and Madrid’s 567 (12.85). open magistrate Hahn is a State seat, page 3 College Area High Democrats sweep School graduState College ate and a Centre Borough Council County native. He graduated with a race, page 4 bachelor’s degree
in political science from Penn State University and earned a law degree at Villanova University School of Law. He resides in State College with his wife, Cynthia. “I have always thought that State College was a great DONALD HAHN place in which to grow up, to get an education and to settle down, and I said that, as mayor, I wanted to keep it that way,” Hahn told Centre County Gazette. “Winning the election means that borough voters agreed.” Hahn is no stranger to the State College Borough home rule chartered government. He served on borough council for 12 years, beginning in 1996, and was council president between 2012 and 2014. He also spent four years on the board of Hahn, Page 5
Bellefonte residents could see tax increase By SEAN YODER syoder@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — Bellefonte Borough residents could see a 0.75 mill increase in their real estate tax bills. On Nov. 6, borough council voted unanimously to advertise its 2018 proposed budget. Council member Taylor Lake was absent from the meeting. Randall Brachbill, vice president of council, said the budget kept services where they are and any lower millage would require them to cut personnel or services. The budget includes another part-time police officer position that Sgt. Jason Brower said would be beneficial after a year of injuries and unexpected costs combating crime. The general fund’s revenues and expenditures under the proposed budget would be $3,426,260. Parks and recreation comes in at $95,550; refuse, $1,005,690; highway aid, $359,000; fire equipment fund, $96,330; and the fire operating fund, $180,915. Water, through the borough’s water authority, would be $1,529,310, with no anticipated Police Blotter ..................... 2 Death Notices ................... 6
increases in the cost of water to residents. The sewer fund comes in at $9,992,080 and includes provisions for some major projects. There is an anticipated $10 per quarter increase in sewer bills for residents. A final vote on the budget is scheduled for the Monday, Dec. 4, meeting. Also on Nov. 6, council voted to solicit bids for major work for two municipal parking lots. The project will require the complete tear-out and repaving of “A lot,” between West Howard and West Pike streets and Locust Lane. Gone will be parking meters, and guests will instead pay at one of two kiosks located at the northern and southern exits. In the same lot there will be an expected electric car charging station, but for now work will just include the installation of the electric conduit. Curbing along the perimeter will better help define the lot from Locust Lane, said Todd Smith from ELA Group, the lots’ designer. Bellefonte, Page 4
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TYLER O. GUM, museum director of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, sits in a UH-60 Black Hawk chopper during a recent visit to the 28th Division Combat Aviation Brigade.
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Gum’s career comes full circle By KAREN WALKER
Centre County
correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
BOALSBURG — When Tyler Gum was a boy growing up in nearby Lewistown, he made many trips to Boalsburg, where he loved to climb on the tanks on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum and 28th Division Shrine. Little did he imagine that some day he would be the museum director, responsible for overseeing every aspect of that historical site. “I actually did my sixth-grade history project about the tanks outside. So, everything has come full circle,” said Gum. Gum, who is coming up on two years as
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